Patient Referral Coordinator - Abilene Community Health Center

46090

SON Combest Center Lbk

Abilene

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Serve as a liaison between insurance and health care providers to ensure the timely coordination, and accurate processing, of patient referrals required for medical specialty visits.

• Manage the operation of the clinic's patient referral requests to ensure they are completed in a timely manner for patient care.
• Primary contact for patient referrals and are responsible for receiving patient referrals and maintaining and tracking referral requests.
• Perform the scheduling of appointments for specialty consultations, radiology and laboratory testing.
• Obtain and send insurance authorizations and referrals for patient consultations and radiology and diagnostic testing.
• Respond to and follow up on messages in the EHR(Electronic Health Records) daily.
• Verify insurance information for every patient that requires a consultation, specialty radiology, or laboratory testing.
• Provide updates to the clinical team/provider and administration regarding referral patient statuses as needed.

• Attend and participate actively in meetings identified.
• Complete trainings assigned.

Associate degree plus one (1) year of experience directly related to the processing of patient referrals;

OR High school diploma or GED plus three (3) years of experience working as a Certified Medical Assistant;

OR High school diploma or GED plus five (5) years of experience directly related to patient registration, patient scheduling, patient billing/collections, the processing of prior authorizations, and/or the processing of patient referrals.

• Experience with Microsoft applications (MS).
• Experience with EMR( Electronic Medical Records)
• Experience working in a clinic setting.
• Experience working with the…